master3laster

That's a Gen 4. No problems with Gen 3 or earlier. Get yourself a Gen 3 Glock 22 or 17 and you'll be happy. As you may know, they changed some things up in the Gen 4 instead of sticking with what worked. They were just trying to move the ball of innovation forward and unfortunately paid the price with some of these types of issues.

Not trying to convince you on the glock either, but the only feeding problems I had were when I did not size my cartridges correctly. Now, I always barrel fit the cartridge to make sure it is not too tight. I love shooting on the reset on my glock. It has a positive feel. I definitely shoot better when i can remember to shoot on the reset.

With the 1911, I was going to just shoot the single stack division.

It is amazing that a powder can have that much of an effect when the FPS is lower. Did the bullet weigh the same?

Thanks guys for the great feedback. I think sticking with major (170+) would be the best bet. Spend more time to make sure the foundation is correct though. Major seems to resemble more real life scenarios anyways. I believe you are right about excessive flip with the 155's. I wanted the 180's but Cabela's only had the 155's and since it was my first batch of reloads, I went with them. I am also changing powder to W231 (already bought it) so that should help as well. I think you guys have me on the right track.

Thank you sir. Do you know of the general percentages of major vs minor shooters? My wild guess would be 1 in 3 shooters are in major power factor but I have no real evidence of this.

I was stopped just recently after a squib. He knew what it was before I did. Pulled trigger, went click. Said "STOP", showed clear and a spent casing came flying out. Before I knew it, they had the gun apart and a rod down its throat. I can see how dangerous these are. Being somewhat new, I probably would have racked a new round into it thinking it was a misfire. I really appreciate the knowledgeable RO's. The speed of the game can cause me to be fuzzy at times.

well i guess what i am saying is if i am just a few PF below major i could bump it up since I am so close. On my 1911 for IDPA, I believe i would always be in major, right??

I haven't chrono'd my load but I estimate I am at about 162PF or pretty close to it. I am shooting a Glock 22, 155 Grain over 9.5 gr of Blue dot. I am happy with the accuracy so far, but my speed is still (much) slower than I would like. As a new shooter do you all recommend I shoot this or download it a bit to help with speed? On a 5 plate steel target stage, some good shooters were in the high 4's (seconds) and I clocked in about mid 8's. It is challenging when the blasters next to me are so much faster. Being so new to the games, I am not real competitive but I just want to shoot faster/better for myself first. Long term, is it best to just stay at this PF? I will also shoot a 1911 in CDP class...